Helga Westers

3.1k total citations
40 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

Helga Westers is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Pathology and Forensic Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Helga Westers has authored 40 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Molecular Biology, 18 papers in Genetics and 10 papers in Pathology and Forensic Medicine. Recurrent topics in Helga Westers's work include Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (12 papers), Genetic factors in colorectal cancer (10 papers) and Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics (10 papers). Helga Westers is often cited by papers focused on Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (12 papers), Genetic factors in colorectal cancer (10 papers) and Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics (10 papers). Helga Westers collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, Germany and United States. Helga Westers's co-authors include Wim J. Quax, Lidia Westers, Jan Maarten van Dijl, Rolf H. Sijmons, Geeske Zanen, Elise Darmon, Oscar P. Kuipers, Michael Hecker, Haike Antelmann and Jan D.H. Jongbloed and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Applied and Environmental Microbiology and JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute.

In The Last Decade

Helga Westers

39 papers receiving 2.0k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Helga Westers Netherlands	20	1.3k	842	443	393	276	40	2.0k
Barbara Lipińska Poland	30	1.7k 1.3×	724 0.9×	261 0.6×	121 0.3×	51 0.2×	82	2.7k
Sara Contente United States	14	1.4k 1.1×	825 1.0×	468 1.1×	146 0.4×	48 0.2×	24	1.7k
Nobuto Yamamoto United States	25	649 0.5×	220 0.3×	304 0.7×	155 0.4×	146 0.5×	75	1.5k
Masumi Hidaka Japan	23	1.7k 1.3×	607 0.7×	85 0.2×	67 0.2×	79 0.3×	49	2.2k
Christoph Weigel Germany	23	1.1k 0.9×	823 1.0×	240 0.5×	35 0.1×	57 0.2×	51	1.5k
Marc Better United States	19	1.1k 0.9×	394 0.5×	285 0.6×	212 0.5×	124 0.4×	37	2.0k
Niels Frandsen France	15	1.3k 1.0×	918 1.1×	564 1.3×	74 0.2×	23 0.1×	19	2.0k
Hideaki Nanamiya Japan	22	1.2k 0.9×	673 0.8×	400 0.9×	68 0.2×	18 0.1×	51	1.7k
Maren Scharfe Germany	24	1.3k 1.0×	290 0.3×	163 0.4×	187 0.5×	18 0.1×	34	1.9k
Jeyanthy Eswaran United Kingdom	27	1.5k 1.2×	480 0.6×	126 0.3×	25 0.1×	97 0.4×	41	2.4k

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Vansenne, Fleur, Corien C. Verschuuren‐Bemelmans, Jeroen de Vries, et al.. (2025). High Prevalence of the Intronic GAA- FGF14 Repeat Expansion in Dutch Patients With Late-Onset Ataxia. Neurology Genetics. 11(2). e200244–e200244. 1 indexed citations

Boer, Eddy N. de, Michiel R. Fokkens, Corien C. Verschuuren‐Bemelmans, et al.. (2024). Identification and Copy Number Variant Analysis of Enhancer Regions of Genes Causing Spinocerebellar Ataxia. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 25(20). 11205–11205.

Boer, Eddy N. de, Corien C. Verschuuren‐Bemelmans, Jeroen J. de Vries, et al.. (2023). Copy Number Variant Analysis of Spinocerebellar Ataxia Genes in a Cohort of Dutch Patients With Cerebellar Ataxia. Neurology Genetics. 9(1). e200050–e200050. 5 indexed citations

Verschuuren‐Bemelmans, Corien C., Maartje Pennings, Eddy N. de Boer, et al.. (2022). Prevalence of intronic repeat expansions in RFC1 in Dutch patients with CANVAS and adult-onset ataxia. Journal of Neurology. 269(11). 6086–6093. 14 indexed citations

Westers, Helga, Yvonne J. Vos, K. Joeri van der Velde, et al.. (2022). Validation of New Gene Variant Classification Methods: a Field-Test in Diagnostic Cardiogenetics. Frontiers in Genetics. 13. 824510–824510. 2 indexed citations

Westers, Helga, Manon van Engeland, Martijn Terpstra, et al.. (2022). Evaluation of a seven gene mutational profile as a prognostic factor in a population-based study of clear cell renal cell carcinoma. Scientific Reports. 12(1). 6478–6478. 4 indexed citations

Fokkens, Michiel R., Henny H. Lemmink, Rolf H. Sijmons, et al.. (2022). Feasibility of Follow-Up Studies and Reclassification in Spinocerebellar Ataxia Gene Variants of Unknown Significance. Frontiers in Genetics. 13. 782685–782685. 6 indexed citations

Kats‐Ugurlu, Gürsah, Rolf H. Sijmons, Martijn Terpstra, et al.. (2019). Comprehensive Profiling of Primary and Metastatic ccRCC Reveals a High Homology of the Metastases to a Subregion of the Primary Tumour. Cancers. 11(6). 812–812. 14 indexed citations

Kinnersley, Ben, Stephan Buch, Sergi Castellvı́-Bel, et al.. (2014). Re: Role of the Oxidative DNA Damage Repair Gene OGG1 in Colorectal Tumorigenesis. JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute. 106(5). 9 indexed citations

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Conroy, Siobhan, Joana Paredes, Ana Sofia Ribeiro, et al.. (2013). CLMP Is Essential for Intestinal Development, but Does Not Play a Key Role in Cellular Processes Involved in Intestinal Epithelial Development. PLoS ONE. 8(2). e54649–e54649. 21 indexed citations

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Nielsen, Maartje, Renée C. Niessen, Carli M.J. Tops, et al.. (2012). Contribution of bi-allelic germline MUTYH mutations to early-onset and familial colorectal cancer and to low number of adenomatous polyps: case-series and literature review. Familial Cancer. 12(1). 43–50. 16 indexed citations

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Westers, Helga, Albert Bolhuis, Haike Antelmann, et al.. (2011). Functional analysis of the sortase YhcS in Bacillus subtilis. PROTEOMICS. 11(19). 3905–3913. 11 indexed citations

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Niessen, Renée C., Jan H. Kleibeuker, Helga Westers, et al.. (2009). PMS2 involvement in patients suspected of Lynch syndrome. Genes Chromosomes and Cancer. 48(4). 322–329. 26 indexed citations

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Niessen, Renée C., Robert M.W. Hofstra, Helga Westers, et al.. (2009). Germline hypermethylation of MLH1 and EPCAM deletions are a frequent cause of Lynch syndrome. Genes Chromosomes and Cancer. 48(8). 737–744. 139 indexed citations

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Rasmussen, Merete, Helga Westers, Krista Kooi, et al.. (2009). Biochemical characterization of MLH3 missense mutations does not reveal an apparent role of MLH3 in Lynch syndrome. Genes Chromosomes and Cancer. 48(4). 340–350. 17 indexed citations

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Westers, Lidia, Helga Westers, Geeske Zanen, et al.. (2008). Genetic or chemical protease inhibition causes significant changes in the Bacillus subtilis exoproteome. PROTEOMICS. 8(13). 2704–2713. 25 indexed citations

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Westers, Lidia, Dolf Swaving Dijkstra, Helga Westers, Jan Maarten van Dijl, & Wim J. Quax. (2005). Secretion of functional human interleukin-3 from Bacillus subtilis. Journal of Biotechnology. 123(2). 211–224. 64 indexed citations

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Westers, Lidia, Helga Westers, & Wim J. Quax. (2004). Bacillus subtilis as cell factory for pharmaceutical proteins: a biotechnological approach to optimize the host organism. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Cell Research. 1694(1-3). 299–310. 380 indexed citations

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Westers, Helga. (2003). Genome Engineering Reveals Large Dispensable Regions in Bacillus subtilis. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 20(12). 2076–2090. 161 indexed citations

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Antelmann, Haike, Elise Darmon, David Noone, et al.. (2003). The extracellular proteome of Bacillus subtilis under secretion stress conditions. Molecular Microbiology. 49(1). 143–156. 89 indexed citations

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